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Service of Remembrance 2011

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Evergreen Washelli invites you, your family, and friends to join us in remembering your loved ones at our 14th Annual Holiday Remembrance Service Sunday, December 4, 2011

3:00 PM- Evergreen Washelli at Bothell: 18224 103rd Avenue NE – Bothell, WA

5:00 PM- Evergreen Washelli Chapel: 11111 Aurora Avenue North – Seattle, WA

Services includes:

•Candle lighting ceremony

•Life tribute DVD

•Light refreshments

•Complimentary remembrance bookmark

To have a photo of your loved one included in the Life Tribute DVD, email us or call the number below. Photos need to be submitted by November 27, 2011.

For more information, call 425.486.1281

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Our 85th Annual Memorial Day Service

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Join us for our 85th Annual Memorial Day Service

 On Monday, May 30th, 2011, Evergreen Washelli will host our Annual Memorial Day Commemorative Service.  Please join us as we honor America’s fallen and salute the flags on our “Avenue of Colors”. 

Our keynote speaker this year will be COL Gustafson.  There will be performances by soloist Maria Kesovija, as well as the Seattle Pacific University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Drum Corps.  The concert begins at 1:30pm and the ceremony will commence at 2:00pm.  

 

Memorial Day 2010 at Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, photo courtesy of Alex Mach

Following the Memorial Day Commemorative Service, we invite you to attend a guided tour of the Veterans Memorial Cemetery and learn about the remarkable lives of the Medal of Honor recipients in our care.  

 Our guide this year will be David Bloch, son of the Medal of Honor recipient Orville Emil Bloch.  We are extremely honored and excited to have him as our tour guide. 

David will guide us through the history of the Veterans Memorial Cemetery, as well as teach us about the stories of Private William C. Horton,Captain Vesa Alakulppi, PFC Lewis Albanese, PFC William Kenzo Nakamura, 2nd LT Robert Ronald Leisy, Coxswain Harry Delmar Fadden, and of course Colonel Orville Emil Bloch.  

 Kindly meet us at the Doughboy Statue in the Veterans Memorial Cemetery at 3:15 pm. We ask for a $5.00 suggested donation for attendance, which will go to the purchase of flags for the Avenue of Flags. For more information, and to reserve a spot, please call us at (206)362-5200 or email tours@washelli.com. Tickets for the tour may also be purchased here

  

  

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Our 84th Annual Memorial Day Commemorative Service

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Photograph courtesy Dave Johanson

Photograph courtesy Dave Johanson

“Memorial Day is the day of the long year when, particularly, we honor those who died in defense of their country and of the things in which this nation believes. But it is, as well, the day when we will remember all those near and dear to us who have gone before.” [Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 30, 1955]

On Monday, May 31, 2010, Evergreen Washelli hosted the 84th Annual Memorial Day Commemorative Service. Thank you for joining us as we honored America’s fallen and salute the flags on our ‘Avenue of Colors.’

Our appreciation goes to soloist Maria Kesovija, as well as the Seattle Pacific University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Drum Corps, and guest speaker, Colonel Eric R. Vogt. Special thanks to Skip Dreps for leading the Guided Veterans Tour following the ceremony.

Thank you on behalf of the Veterans Memorial Cemetery Board of Trustees:
Michael J. Eagan, President • COL. Raymond W. Coffey, USAR/WSG
RADM Horton Smith • Brig Gen Marcia Clark
Robert P. Richard • COL Donald P. Larson
Gregory “Skip” Dreps

Read and watch more about the ceremony here:
Channel 5 news article
Hundreds gather for Memorial Day ceremony in Seattle, by Casey McNerthney, SeattlePI.
Channel 5 Buglers at Evergreen Washelli
Channel 4 KOMO news
Channel 4 article
Channel 4 : photographs of different cemeteries around the country celebrating Memorial Day

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